Climate+Community

=Events of Interest= Here is a list of Climate Change related Activities in the community that you may want to check out. Feel free to add events as you hear about them.

"Weather, Sea Level Rise and Climate Change" Online Workshop
COSEE-West Cost: free, unless you want to take it for graduate credit via California State University, Fullerton http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/workshops.html The COSEE-West Climate Change workshop invites you to meet and interact with the scientists at the forefront of the issue of global climate change. Our online lectures (by the scientists themselves), resources, lesson plans (aligned to California state science standards) and discussion rooms provide educators with the tools and background necessary to educate the next generation to inherit our troubled planet. Our three-week workshop is free, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can also be completed for graduate credit from California State University, Fullerton. Enrollment begins October 20, 2008.

"Climate Change: From Science to Action" Series
Chewonki’s Center for Environmental Education - Wiscasset, ME Cost: Free & open to the public Time: 7:30pm http://www.chewonki.org/news_detail.asp?news=71 Will Bates, youth activist (recent college grad) with Step It Up and now 350.org will speak about the youth climate change movement in the U.S. and around the world. For more information contact: Willard Morgan at 207-882-7323/ wmorgan@chewonki.org

Northern Maine First LEGO League Tournament
Maine Maritime Academy, Field House - Castine, ME Cost: They are looking for volunteers http://www.mainerobotics.org/climateconnections.html Sponsored by Maine Robotics, the high-tech Lego robotics competition engages young competitors ages 9-14 years in hands-on robotics design, programming and task performance as well as authentic scientific research with verbal presentations. The 2008 international theme "Climate Connections Challenge" will take competitors on an exploration of the earth's climate as they discover links between science, people, resources and communities. As part of the competition, student-teams will present research projects addressing issues of climate change and will design and program Lego-based robotics to perform many challenges associated with climate-related issues. All in all, the competition promises to be a high-energy, sports-like tournament -- the final chapter in the students' intense planning efforts for the last ten weeks. Volunteers receive all training and instructions on the morning of the competition and serve as research presentation judges, robotics judges, scorekeepers and timers. You do not need to have experience in legos, robotics or climate change issues in order to be a volunteer....you just need a positive attitude, energy and appreciation for the efforts of the students competing! If you are interested in serving as a volunteer or would like more information, please call at 866-4340 if you would like to volunteer either on December 7th or 13th.

Southern Maine First LEGO League Tournament
Bonny Eagle High School- Standish, ME Cost: They are looking for volunteers http://www.mainerobotics.org/climateconnections.html Sponsored by Maine Robotics, the high-tech Lego robotics competition engages young competitors ages 9-14 years in hands-on robotics design, programming and task performance as well as authentic scientific research with verbal presentations. The 2008 international theme "Climate Connections Challenge" will take competitors on an exploration of the earth's climate as they discover links between science, people, resources and communities. As part of the competition, student-teams will present research projects addressing issues of climate change and will design and program Lego-based robotics to perform many challenges associated with climate-related issues. All in all, the competition promises to be a high-energy, sports-like tournament -- the final chapter in the students' intense planning efforts for the last ten weeks. Volunteers receive all training and instructions on the morning of the competition and serve as research presentation judges, robotics judges, scorekeepers and timers. You do not need to have experience in legos, robotics or climate change issues in order to be a volunteer....you just need a positive attitude, energy and appreciation for the efforts of the students competing! If you are interested in serving as a volunteer or would like more information, please call at 866-4340 if you would like to volunteer either on December 7th or 13th.

PAST EVENTS
October 4, 2008 Maine Solar Home Tour Sponsored by Maine Solar Energy Association & American Solar Energy Society There is a tour right in the Bangor/Orono area, see http://ellsworthme.org/MESEA/MaineSolarTour08.html for more details The ASES National Solar Tour is the largest grassroots solar event in history. Tour homes and buildings to see how your neighbors are using solar energy to reduce their monthly utility bills. http://ases.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221&Itemid=58#Maine

October 5, 2008 Earthcamp Film Festival Messalonskee Middle School, Oakland Join NRCM at the Earthcamp Film Festival where students in grades 5 through 10 will share the films they completed during a summer environmental filmmaking camp. NRCM will have energy-saving tips and resources, information about wind, postcards for you to sign that we will provide to Maine’s congressional delegation, and more at the event. For more information, contact Sara Lovitz at slovitz@nrcm.org or 800-287-2345

October 19, 2008 "Climate Change: From Science to Action" Series Chewonki’s Center for Environmental Education - Wiscasset, ME Cost: Free & open to the public Time: 7:30pm http://www.chewonki.org/news_detail.asp?news=71 K.C. Golden of the Climate Policy Center in Seattle, Washington will speak about broad policy approaches to managing and mitigating climate change. For more information contact: Willard Morgan at 207-882-7323/ wmorgan@chewonki.org

October 21 & 22, 2008 New Market for Farmers in the Skowhegan and Farmington Areas 10/21 Location: Room 123, Olsen Student Center, University of Maine at Farmington 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 10/22 Location: Skowhegan Community Center, Skowhegan October 22, 2008 8:00 - 10:00 am The [|Western Mountains Alliance] has received funding to pilot an online farmers markets (Wicked Good Market) in the Farmington and Skowhegan areas and we need your help. Modeled on Local Foods Plymouth (see [|Local Foods Canterbury] another example of the online farmers market), the Wicked Good Market aims to assist area farmers access new markets, increasing their summer sales by up to 15%. Join us to learn more about the project and to inform the site’s design. For more information and to RSVP please call 778-3885 or email tcook@westernmountainsalliance.org.

October 23-24, 2008 Climate Change 21: Choices for the 21st Century Conference University of Maine - Orono, ME Cost: Free, but registration required []

October 25, 2008 Solar Water Heater Workshop Machias Grange, Machias, ME Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Cost: $50 including lunch. The solar water heaters cost $120 each to take home, but you don't have to purchase one to take part in the workshop. In This [|Maine Solar Energy Association] (MESEA)/SEADS workshop we will build a new design of solar water heater collector developed in Nicaragua by Richard Komp and the Grupo Fenix. This collector is made completely from parts you can buy at your local hardware store but is as efficient as commercial collectors costing hundreds of dollars. We also will go over all the plumbing details of both thermosiphon and pumped solar water heater systems utilizing heat exchangers and designed for the below freezing climate of Maine. We will even build an all copper heat exchanger that uses ordinary plumbing parts. For more information about the workshop: Ph: 207-497-2204 or 483-2764 sunwatt@juno.com or seads@maineline.net

November 7, 2008 Ocean Literacy Summit 2008 Boston University - Boston, MA http://neosec.org/Summit2008.htm The New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative is a network of 30 institutions working to increase understanding about the vital connections between people and the ocean. The 2008 Ocean Literacy Summit includes presentations by scientists, educators, and policy makers involved in ocean literacy with a special focus on climate change. Keynote speech by Dr. Kerry Emanuel, MIT: In May 2006 Dr. Emanuel was named one of Time magazine's "Time 100: The People Who Shape Our World" for his work to connect increasingly severe weather with a warmer ocean. Concurrent and Joint Sessions •	Connecting Ocean Literacy and climate •	Ocean & climate science education in New England classrooms •	Fostering Ocean Literacy among the public •	Teaching tools for formal and informal audiences •	Panel discussion: employment in a world with a changing climate, and the job  market for an ocean-literate workforce. •	Opportunities for cross-cutting partnerships in New England that will help us get to our goal of Ocean Literacy for our region.

November 7, 2008 "Climate Change: From Science to Action" Series Chewonki’s Center for Environmental Education - Wiscasset, ME Cost: Free & open to the public Time: 7:30pm http://www.chewonki.org/news_detail.asp?news=71 John Richardson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development will offer a talk entitled: Maine's Green Economy. For more information contact: Willard Morgan at 207-882-7323/ wmorgan@chewonki.org

November 12, 2008 Climate Change Community Lecture Series Bangor Public Library, Lecture Hall- Bangor, ME Cost: free and open to the public Time: 6:30 to 7:45 p.m http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/public/climatechange.htm The Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine will present a monthly lecture series, “Climate Change on Planet Earth,” at the Bangor Public Library. The inaugural lecture by Paul Mayewski, director and professor at the Climate Change Institute, is titled “Climate Change: Perspectives, Surprises, Opportunities.” In the opening lecture, Mayewski will address such questions as “What is the climate and why does it change?” “How fast does climate change and how small of a change is important?” “Have humans impacted climate?” “Is recent climate chang epart of a natural process or in a ‘new state’?” “Where do we go next?" The lecture series is intended to make the science of climate change accessible to a broad audience. All lectures are free and open to the public. Contact: Gregory Zaro, 581-1857 for more information.